Dumervil was scheduled to earn $12 million from the Denver Broncos this season before agreeing to take a $4 million pay cut to remain with the team. However, the three-time Pro Bowl unexpectedly hit the free agent market after his former agent, Martin Magid, failed to fax the paperwork back to the Broncos in time for them to submit the restructured contract to the league office by a 4 p.m. ET deadline on March 15, at which time Dumervil's entire $12 million base salary would have become fully guaranteed.

He has a base salary of $1 million. His SB is 7.5 over 5 years (1.5 million per year) . He has a cap number of 2.5 million yet is making 8.5 according to Schefter? They say "This means that, at some point, the Ravens will carry an extra $6 million on future salary cap(s) under Dumervil&#8217;s name."

He has a base salary of $1 million. His SB is 7.5 over 5 years (1.5 million per year) . He has a cap number of 2.5 million yet is making 8.5 according to Schefter? They say "This means that, at some point, the Ravens will carry an extra $6 million on future salary cap(s) under Dumervil’s name."

What?

The signing bonus is 7.5 which he gets now but is prorated evenly over the contract for cap reasons. So it is a 1.5 million cap hit this year and the other 6 million is prorated over the next 4 years evenly. So since his base salary is 1 million and his signing bonus proration us 1.5 million this year its a 2.5 million cap hit but the player gets 8.5 million total this year.

The signing bonus is 7.5 which he gets now but is prorated evenly over the contract for cap reasons. So it is a 1.5 million cap hit this year and the other 6 million is prorated over the next 4 years evenly. So since his base salary is 1 million and his signing bonus proration us 1.5 million this year its a 2.5 million cap hit but the player gets 8.5 million total this year.

This is how all contracts are done.

Oh, of course! Thanks, I had a dumb moment. I knew something wasn't working out in my head.